Franco Ordonez

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380 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 10 Aug

Franco Ordonez’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The NPR Politics Podcast · Trump warns that communism is coming for America · 15 Jul 2026 podcast

They're not, you know, they're not coming from the system. voice-verified

They're not, you know, former local legislators or, you know, in some ways just being grabbed and put in this spot. voice-verified

And they're just they're very good communicators. voice-verified

And they got a message that's resonating with everyday people. voice-verified

Yeah, definitely an attack line for a long, long time. voice-verified

And true, Obama was called a communist. voice-verified

I would say it's different, though, because while Obama was called a communist, it wasn't from his political opponents, at least not directly. voice-verified

Like John McCain, the former senator, did not call Obama a communist. voice-verified

Now, some of his supporters did. voice-verified

Some of the right wing media did, but not the candidate themselves. voice-verified

So I think there is a big difference with Trump because Trump is. voice-verified

is the one who is pushing this. voice-verified

He's using the bully pulpit of being the presidential candidate and now using the bully pulpit of being the president and sending this message. voice-verified

There are a lot of questions about the irony of this administration's kind of accusations about communist influence on Democrats when those things are happening. voice-verified

I will say, voice-verified

that I did ask the White House about this and they call these kind of comparisons idiotic and they say that the administration has never voice-verified

nationalized uh a company or industry but house republican thomas massey pointed out you know that there was irony in this administration criticizing democrats while they were acquiring stakes in major industries you pointed out intel also the golden share quote golden share of u.s steel uh so these are significant issues uh things that are happening that you know uh voice-verified

people are noticing. voice-verified

I mean, I think we're going to find out. voice-verified

I mean, I think certainly the Trump team thinks that it's effective with its base and that it's worked for them in the past, or at least it hasn't hurt them. voice-verified

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